waynelloydsmith / moneydance-stockwatch-history

loads stockwatch security price history files into moneydance

Moneydance-Stockwatch-History

• loads stockwatch security price history files into moneydance
• you also need runScripts-share.py and definitions.py from the Moneydance-Stockwatch-dayly repository
• The csv data files must be manually down loaded from www.stockwatch.com
• and placed in the directory /opt/moneydance/scripts/tmp/Stockwatch
• goto www.stockwatch.com and click on quotes->download quotes-> enter Symbol -> select year -> select csv format -> submit
• you must have a stockwatch account
• one file per security . data can be all the dailey close values for that security for one year .
• file name can be anything that ends in .csv
• this program processes all the .csv files in directory /opt/moneydance/scripts/tmp/Stockwatch
• and moves them to /opt/moneydance/scripts/tmp/Done
• Tested on Tsx , New York and Canadian Mutual funds
• to execute this script put it in /opt/moneydance/scripts then execute
• runScripts-shared.py .. run this script with moneydance->window->"Show MoneyBot Console"
• It can run many different scripts via a tree menu system.
• open the "Run Stockwatch Update Scripts" folder.
• select updateHistoryStockWatch.py.
• hit the "Run Script Button" at the bottom.
• You can also execute this script directly without using runScripts-shared.py
• definitions.StockwatchSymbols is used to convert the Canadian mutual fund symbol to what ever you
• are useing in moneydance like 'BIF*CDN' -> TML202-T (Franklin Bissett Canadian Equity Fund)
• see line 159 in updateHistoryStockWatch.py for other ticker symbol conversions like AW.UN -> AW-UN-T